What’s happened since Bush’s 2004 State of the Union Address?
In his 2004 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said: “By computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs, and improve care.” Details were announced on April 26, 2004, in “The President’s Health Information Technology Plan.” Click for details or the summary.
In the 2005 State of the Union, He asked only for “improved information technology to prevent medical error and needless costs”
He repeated this in the address of 2006: “We will make wider use of electronic records and other health information technology, to help control costs and reduce dangerous medical errors.”
In the State of the Union 2007 address: “We need to reduce costs and medical errors with better information technology.”
But, in the State of the Union 2008: There was no mention of electronic health records.
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